This blog sets out to bring together experiences of archaeologists using iPads.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

The Actual World of Virtual Reality

For several years now, EMAS study tours have included a
brochure that gives basic information about the sites visited and can sometimes
even help as an aide memoire when you look at the photos that you took on the
trip.

Printed brochures are fine, but they have their
limitations. Wouldn’t it be nice if they
could include additional material, such as short videos?

Well, thanks to modern technology, they can.

If you have an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet, you can
use an amazing free app called Aurasma.

With this app you can view images that have added content
and your mobile device will show you the added video.

The brochure that will accompany the EMAS study tour “Castles
of North Wales” will be the first of these brochures to include such content.

About Me

I am a freelance archaeologist and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland specializing in the medieval period. I have worked as a field archaeologist for the Department of Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Museum of London. I have been involved in continuing education for many years and have taught for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) and the Universities of London, Essex, Ulster, and the London College of the University of Notre Dame, and I was the Archaeological Consultant for Southwark Cathedral. I am the author of and tutor for an OUDCE online course on the Vikings, and the Programme Director and Academic Director for the Oxford Experience Summer School.